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South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP)
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Originally the South African Council for Architects (SACA), the name was changed in 2000 to the South African Council for the Architectural Profession with the change of the Act. The Architectural Profession Act was published on 1 December 2000 and it came into operation on 26 January 2001. On 12 September 2001, the South African Council for Architects was renamed the South African Council for the Architectural Profession.
SACAP is a Statutory Council within the Council for the Built Environment that regulates Professional Architects, Professional Senior Architectural Technologists, Professional Architectural Technologists and Professional Architectural Draughtspersons
The Role of the South African Council
- Its duty is to protect the public by ensuring that the profession maintains acceptable professional standards and technical competence.
- It may only register persons deemed competent at the level of their professional category of registration to practice architecture.
- Practices are recorded in compliance with the Code of Professional Conduct.
- Establish the identification of work framework for the architectural profession.
- Establish requirements for the renewal of professional registration and the period of validity of registration.
- Determine, after consultation with the voluntary associations and registered persons, conditions relating to and the nature of continuing education and training professional development (CPD).
- Investigate complaints of unprofessional conduct on the part of professionals relating the SACAP Code of Professional Conduct.
- Establish mechanisms for registered persons to gain recognition of their qualifications and professional status in other countries.
- Either conditionally or unconditionally grant, refuse or withdraw accreditation to all educational institutes and their educational programs with regard to architecture.
- Administer Professional Practice Exam for professional registration.
- Regulate the practice of foreign entities in the profession in South Africa.
- Publish on an annual basis guidelines for determining the professional fees to be charged by architectural professionals as information for the broader public who use these professional services.
SACAP furthermore will:
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